Gossip. Text messages. Hunger. The workplace can be filled with distractions. Allow yourself a few guilt-free minutes to learn how you can remain on task despite common workplace distractions. Reinvest the time you take to read this post and realign your focus.

1. 7Common Workplace
Distractions and
How To Overcome
Them

2. 1. Cell Phones

3. Don’t be distracted by texts or calls.
Turn your phone off or on “do not disturb”
or hide away your device in a desk, drawer, or bag
~Out of sight, out of mind~

4. 2. Emails
While checking emails immediately may sound like being
productive, you may be distracting yourself from other
important work.

5. Go to your email settings and switch off push
notifications or alert sounds. Have the freedom to check
your inbox when you are available without removing
focus from other tasks.

6. 3. Gossip

7. Workplace gossip can be detrimental to your work
productivity as well as its environment.
Leave the gossiping (if necessary) to your lunch breaks or
outside of work.

8. 4. Social NetworksFacebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, etc.

9. Avoid the urge to check your social accounts
by keeping your phone off or away.
You may also consider website blockers to
block any attempts toward distracting sites.

10. 5. Noise

11. To avoid the distraction of noises in the
workplace, consider wearing headphones
while you work.

12. 6. Multitasking

13. Our brains aren’t made for multitasking.
Avoid wasting time by sticking to one
task at a time.

15. Hunger can be a huge distraction to your work,
especially when all you can focus on is your empty
stomach.
Always remember to eat a healthy and nutritious
breakfast in the morning.
Also, consider keeping snacks at your
desk for any time hunger strikes!

16. Distraction free?
Now, fend off
the colleagues
that waste your